Many misunderstand the restrainer of 2 Thessalonians 2.
There is a secret of lawlessness. Does a good entity keep dark secrets, or an evil entity? An evil entity is keeping a dark secret, the secret of lawlessness and the secret identity of the man of sin is kept from us.
When this evil entity is removed then the lawless one will be revealed. The one restraining the identity of the man of sin, is Satan. He wants to keep the lawlessness a secret, but shall be removed out of the way first. Then the lawless one will be revealed.
The way to understand this is TIMING. Rev 13 tells us that the beast will gain authority and persecute for 42 months through deceiving signs and wonders. 2 Thess 2 also says the man of sin will gain authority (and be revealed) through deceiving signs and wonders. Thus we can place the revealing of the man of sin 42 months before the end.
Rev 12 places the removal of Satan at the same time, being 1260 days (42 x 30) of wrath and persecution before his end.
Thus the forced removal of Satan from his heavenly location occurs AT THE SAME TIME as the restrainer is "taken out of the way". Then the SECRET lawlessness is over, and is replaced by the revealing of the man of lawlessness.
( The following 3 posts will be Bible verses, to show how everything matches up.)
There is a secret of lawlessness. Does a good entity keep dark secrets, or an evil entity? An evil entity is keeping a dark secret, the secret of lawlessness and the secret identity of the man of sin is kept from us.
When this evil entity is removed then the lawless one will be revealed. The one restraining the identity of the man of sin, is Satan. He wants to keep the lawlessness a secret, but shall be removed out of the way first. Then the lawless one will be revealed.
The way to understand this is TIMING. Rev 13 tells us that the beast will gain authority and persecute for 42 months through deceiving signs and wonders. 2 Thess 2 also says the man of sin will gain authority (and be revealed) through deceiving signs and wonders. Thus we can place the revealing of the man of sin 42 months before the end.
Rev 12 places the removal of Satan at the same time, being 1260 days (42 x 30) of wrath and persecution before his end.
Thus the forced removal of Satan from his heavenly location occurs AT THE SAME TIME as the restrainer is "taken out of the way". Then the SECRET lawlessness is over, and is replaced by the revealing of the man of lawlessness.
( The following 3 posts will be Bible verses, to show how everything matches up.)
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